English > destroyed: 2 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | spoiled or ruined or demolished. |
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| Examples | - "war left many cities destroyed"
- "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind"
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| Narrower | annihilated, exterminated, wiped out | Destroyed completely |
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| blighted, spoilt | affected by blight / blight |
| blotted out, obliterate, obliterated | Reduced to nothingness |
| broken, wiped out, impoverished | Destroyed financially |
| burned, burnt, burned-over, burned-out, burnt-out | Destroyed or badly damaged by fire / fire |
| demolished, dismantled, razed | torn down and broken up |
| despoiled, pillaged, raped, ravaged, sacked | Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence |
| done for, kaput, gone | Destroyed or killed / killed |
| extinguished | Of a conditioned response |
| fallen | Having fallen in or collapsed |
| finished, ruined | Brought to ruin |
| scorched | Having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy |
| shattered, tattered | ruined or disrupted |
| totaled | Used of automobiles |
| war-torn, war-worn | laid waste by war |
| wrecked | Destroyed in an accident |
| See also | damaged | harmed or injured or spoiled |
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| Opposite | preserved | Kept intact or in a particular condition |
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| Spanish | destruido, destruído |
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| Catalan | destruit |
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